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University Grants Commission ( UGC) NET Bureau NET Syllabus For Psychology NET Exam 


                                  Paper-2 

  1. Perceptual Processes :

        Approaches to the study of Perception: 
                                                                   Gestalt and Physiological approaches.

       Perceptual Organization:  
                                               Gestalt, Figures and ground, Law of Organization.
Perceptual Constancy : 
                                      Size, Shape and Brightness, Illusion; Perception Of Depth Perception and Movement.

 2. Learning Process :

         Classical Conditioning
                                               Procedure, Phenomena, and related issue.

   Instrumental  Conditioning : 
                                            Phenomena, Paradigms and theoretically issues.
 Reinforcement:
                                Basic variables and schedules 

 Verbal Learning : 
                               Method and Materials, Organizational Process.

 3. Memory and Forgetting: 

   Memory Process
                             Encoding, Storage and Retrieval

    Stages of Memory
                               Sensory Memory, STM , LTM , Episodic and semantic Memory  
    Theories Of forgetting: 
                                    Interference, Decay, Retrieval   
    

  4. Thinking And Problem Solving :

         Theories Of Thought Processes : 
                                                           Association-ism, Gestalt, Information Processing
     Concept Formation :
                                       Rules And Strategies 

      Reasoning: 
                        Type And Strategies , Role Of Concept In Thinking 

 5. Motivation and Emotion 

  Basic Motivational concepts: 
                                               Instincts, Drive, Needs, Incentive, Motivational Cycle 

Approaches to the study of Motivation: 
                                                        Psychoanalytical , Ethological, S-R Cognitive, Humanistic 

Biological Motives : 
                                   Hunger, Sex, Sleep, thirst.

 Social Motive : 
                          Power, Achievement, Affiliation, Approval 
     
 Physiological Correlation Of Emotion 

 Theories Of Emotion :
                                  James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Schachter-Singer, Lesarus 
Conflict: 
                     Sources and Type
        

6.  Human Abilities 

 Intelligence :
                       Biological, Social, Eco-cultural determinate, 

 Theories Of Intelligence:
                                        Spear-man, Thurston,  Guildford
          
     Individual and Group Difference : 
                                                         Extent and Cause 
      
 Measurement Of Human Abilities                  

          

7. Personality:

       Determinate Of  Personality:
                                                   Biological and socio-cultural

        Approaches to the study of Personality: 
                                                                     Psychoanalytical, Neo-Freudian, Social Learning, Trait and types, cognitive

         Personalities Assessment :
                                                     Psychometric and Protective Test 

      Self-Concept:
                            Origin and Development  
                                                                                                                  

 8. Research And Methodology:

     Research Problem, Hypotheses, Variables, and their Operationalization,
  
    Types Of Psychological Research
     Method of Psychological Research

   Method Of Data collection 
  

9. Measurement and Testing: 

 Test Construction :
                                 Item Writing, Item Analysis.

Test Standardization:
                                   Reliability, Validity and Norms

Types Of Test :
                         Intelligence,  Aptitude, Personality - Characteristic and important

 Attitudes Scales and Interest Inventories 

 Educational Measurements and Evolution 


10. Biological Basis Of Behavior   

Receptors,  Effectors, and Adjuster Mechanism 

 Neural Impulses:
                             Origin, Conduction and Measurement 

 Sensory System:
                             Vision and Audition  
 Human Nerves System : 
                                      Structures and Functions 

          


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